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Michael是纽约大学的美国学生,他同时也在一家建筑公司实习。他的中国同学李华今天要去他的公司看他。Michael听得懂中文,但是说还有点困难。Michael和李华在今天的对话里会用两个常用语,一个是:big gun; 另一个是to quarterback。Michael现在在办公室门口和李华打招呼。
" {5 R5 |( x/ {" N! s( O; a9 Z1 _M: Hey, Li Hua, Come on in. How’re you doing?4 a' o8 o5 Q) t( A* i' L
7 C8 n* u! L. ?1 ~ }6 W/ i4 ?L: 我挺好。你怎么样?对了,你下午想干什么?
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M: Ah, I’ve got a meeting with the big guns this afternoon. They want to talk to me about continuing to work here after graduation.. z2 f) y9 r% A
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L: 我听懂了你后面的一句话,他们要跟你谈关于毕业后回来工作的 事。那真是太好了。可是,你刚才说今天下午要跟谁开会?. N8 X" E& y. B
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M: Yea, I ’m meeting with my bosses. Sometimes we call them the big guns of the office.( E0 r. l( ~4 U3 K2 c) D( w7 \) \
9 U( ~1 a0 u7 l% _9 d2 N; @- |+ P1 |L: 噢,你要跟你的几个老板开会。你们把老板叫做the big guns!% a4 B1 T8 ^4 _
/ T8 B( G% K! u9 f1 P( ^& Z- H; JM: It’s an expression that can be used to describe powerful people.4 {. X8 S9 o) y) P1 |5 b% v+ `
0 z) d2 ]# \' k! j3 _1 zL: 噢, 那是指权力很大的人, 也就是大人物。那么,总统的顾问能 称为big guns吗?
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M: Yes, a president’s advisors are big guns. But it can also be used in sports. In soccer the stars of a team are the big guns." q3 G+ A9 p$ ^' |6 ]* g
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L: Big guns 还能用在体育方面。
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M: OK, let me show you around the rest if the office.( R. \6 [* M, d( h
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L: 你要带我去看看这公司的大楼,那太好了。Let’s go!5 n' k8 G0 N( S0 F& p) T. H; R
/ }% i: n/ X, O8 m# y1 U6 r2 S' `M: This is the conference room. We had a meeting here yesterday on our plan for a new building. The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
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" B3 C: D' @- l- b' kL: 等等,你说这是会议室,你们昨天在这里开了一个会, 讨论盖 一 栋新楼的计划。可是,你还说那项目主任是踢美式足球的,是quarterback,四分卫,对不对?: H; _ a: F4 ]- k ~/ U$ \
9 U1 E2 A$ ^/ G, \. ZM: No, no, no! Quarterback here is a verb, meaning to lead. The word quarterback is borrowed from American football, where the quarterback leads the team.9 _# j# x$ c" J
! R3 }" d4 ^8 X* A4 l3 vL: 噢,quarterback 在这里是动词,意思是领导。你说这里的 quarterback 是从美式足球里借来用的,因为quarterback在球队里是 主力。你刚才是怎么说的?
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8 @5 f2 N: z3 J5 {/ @M: The project leader quarterbacked the meeting.
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L: 现在我听清楚了,你刚才说的是:项目领导人主持会议。7 p/ P& }: T }
/ y$ O2 e" S0 {" v7 X那么,to quarterback 还能用在别处吗?' {( J" y2 h7 a/ o0 c
" o: m( ^4 P4 R3 H3 rM: To quarterback is business slang. If someone is responsible for a group working on a new project that individual is quarterbacking the team.
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L: 知道了,to quarterback 是用在商业方面的。要是某人负责一个新 项目,这个人就是在领导这个项目的小组。要是某人在一个法律事务所主持会议,那该怎么说呢?
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M: Someone quarterbacked the meeting at the law firm.( B2 v. k4 F+ u: X4 ?
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L: 你们公司的一位重要领导主持会议,讨论公司的收入报告,这又 该怎么说?
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M: The company’s big gun quarterbacked the meeting about their revenue report. Hey, I need to get back to work. I’ll call you later.8 L/ l- }: V( ~" b4 t
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L: 好吧,那就再见吧!希望你将来成为a big gun.
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M: Oh, yea, I’m sure soon I’ll be quarterbacking every meeting and every project.) p+ T& P" a, l2 }5 O0 [" F. b5 P
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L: 你真的当真呐! 还想主持所有会议,总管所有项目。得啦,再 见吧!
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% v7 Z1 A( I: a) I: f/ P" S. OMichael 和李华在对话中用了两个常用语, 一个是:the big guns, 意思是大人物,对决策有重大影响的人;另一个是:to quarterback,意思是主持会议,或总管项目。 |
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